HC Deb 23 February 1979 vol 963 cc339-40W
Mr. Lawson

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, further to his reply Official Report, 5 February, column 54, to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton North-East, (Mrs. Short) he will publish figures showing company taxation, including rates, as a percentage of total

period in 1973 for the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, the United States of America, West Germany, and Italy, showing the effect of North Sea oil as a separate percentage.

Denzil Davies

, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 22 February 1979; Vol. 963, c. 267], gave the following information:

Such compatible information as is readily available is shown in the table below:

taxation, both central and local, for as many of the following countries as figures are available: Japan, the United States of America, France, West Germany. Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Mr. Denzil Davies

, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 21 February 1979; Vol. 963, c. 203], gave the following information:

The reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton North-East (Mrs. Short) gave figures for taxes on corporate income—including capital gains—as a percentage of total taxation, both central and local. The amounts of other taxes, such as local authority rates, paid by companies cannot be ascertained from international sources.